Bag with a resilient frame

ABSTRACT

A bag with a resilient frame has a bag body, a resilient frame and at least one carrying strap. The bag body has an outside surface, at least one internal compartment and multiple attachment loops. The internal compartment is formed inside the bag body and has an opening and a fastener. The attachment loops are attached to the body outside the opening of the internal compartment. The resilient frame has a resilient rod and at least one rod-fastener and passes around the body and through the attachment loops. The rod section is connected with the rod-fastener to form a loop that will hold the internal compartment open when the fastener on the opening is opened. The at least one carrying strap is attached to the bag body. The resilient frame expands the bag even when nothing is in the bag.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a bag with a frame, and moreparticularly to a bag with a resilient frame that keeps the bag fromcollapsing when the bag does not contain anything.

2. Description of Related Art

Bags have been developed for many different purposes such as carryingofficial documents, hiking, mountain climbing and carrying sportsequipment such as golf clubs, bowling balls and the like. For example,bags such as backpacks are made of conventional fabric, are used for ahike or mountain climbing and have a soft and pliable body. When thebackpack does not contain anything, the body of the backpack easilycollapses and looks unfavorable. Furthermore, the arrangement andpositioning of items inside such a cavity in the backpack are jumbledeasily because the cavity is twisted and deformed especially when thebackpack moves, which results in damage of the items, especially softand fragile items such as document sheets and glass items.

Some conventional bags have a body with an internal lining such as foamrubber to make the bags stand when the bag does not contain anything oris not full. However, the internal lining increases the weight and thecost of the bags.

Other conventional bags such as leather bags and briefcases are made ofstiff leather material or a high-density material such as compressedfibers and have a tough and rigid body that readily hold its shape.Consequently, the body of the leather bags or briefcase can hold softand fragile items such as official documents and eyeglasses. However,the leather material and the high-density material are expensive andmake the bag heavy, especially for children and weak adults.

To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention provides a bag witha resilient frame to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main objective of the invention is to provide a bag with a resilientframe to allow a bag with a soft body to hold the shape of the body soitems inside the bag will not be crushed or crumpled by the bag.

A bag with a resilient frame in accordance with the present inventionhas a bag body, a resilient frame and at least one carrying strap. Thebag body has an outside surface, at least one internal compartment andmultiple attachment loops. The internal compartment is formed inside thebag body and has an opening and a fastener. The attachment loops areattached to the body outside the opening on the internal compartment.The resilient frame has a resilient rod and at least one rod-fastener.The resilient rod has at least one rod section and passes around thebody and through the attachment loops. The at least one rod section ofthe resilient rod is connected with the at least one rod-fastener toform a loop that will open the internal compartment when the fastener onthe opening is opened. The at least one carrying strap is mounted on thebag body.

Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention willbecome more apparent from the following detailed description when takenin conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a resilient rod and a fastener of aresilient frame for a bag in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a utility bag with the resilient framein accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an operational perspective view of the bag in FIG. 2 with theresilient frame holding the bag open when a zipper on the bag isunzipped;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a utility bag with the resilient framewith another embodiment of the attachment loops in accordance with thepresent invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the resilient rodand fasteners of a resilient frame for a bag in accordance with thepresent invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a golf bag with a resilient frame inaccordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 7 is an operational perspective view of the golf bag in FIG. 6.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A bag with a resilient frame in accordance with the present inventionhas a bag body, a resilient frame and at least one carrying strap. Thebag body has an outside surface, at least one internal compartment andmultiple attachment loops. The internal compartment is formed inside thebag body and has an opening and a fastener. The attachment loops areattached to the body outside the opening of the internal compartment.The resilient frame comprises a resilient rod and at least onerod-fastener. The resilient rod may have at least one rod section andpasses around the body and through the attachment loops. The at leastone rod section of the resilient rod is connected with the at least onerod-fastener to form a loop that will open the internal compartment whenthe fastener on the opening is opened. The at least one carrying strapis attached to the bag body.

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, a first embodiment of a bag with aresilient frame is a utility bag (20) such as a travel bag or a sportsbag. The utility bag (20) has a bag body (21), a resilient frame (10)and two carrying straps (22).

With further reference to FIG. 3, the bag body (21) has a bottom (212),a top (213), two sides, two ends (211), an internal compartment,multiple auxiliary pockets (216) and multiple attachment loops (13).

The internal compartment is formed inside the bag body (21) and has atop opening, a fastener and an inner surface. The top opening is formedin the top of the bag body (21) between the two ends and has two edges.The fastener is a zipper (214) attached to the two edges of the topopening.

The auxiliary pockets (216) may be formed respectively on the sides orthe ends (211) of the bag body (21) or any combination of the sides andthe ends (211).

The attachment loops (13) are attached to the ends (211) and the sidesof the bag body (21). The attachment loops (13) attached respectively tothe sides of the bag body (21) are in an arch. Each arch has two endsnear the bottom (212) respectively near the ends (211) and a peakbetween the ends near the top (213) of the bag body (21). The attachmentloops (13) attached respectively to the ends (211) are close to thebottom of the bag body (21).

A first embodiment of the attachment loops (13) has a tubular structuremade of pliable and soft material and has a central hole. With furtherreference to FIG. 4, another embodiment of the attachment loops (13 a)can be implemented with straps and grommets. The straps are looped andconnected respectively with the grommets or snaps to form a central holein each attachment loop (13 a).

The resilient frame (10) is mounted on the bag body (21) and has aresilient rod (11) and at least one rod-fastener (12).

The resilient rod (11) extends in a straight line when unconstrained, ismounted through the central holes in the attachment loops (13, 13 a) andhas at least one rod section. Each rod section is made of resilientmaterial such as fibers or plastic and has two ends (111, 112).

The at least one rod-fastener (12) is holds securely opposite ends (111,112) of the at least one rod section to form the resilient rod (11) intoa loop.

With reference to FIG. 5, an embodiment of the resilient frame (10) inaccordance with the present invention has a resilient rod (11 a) withtwo rod sections and two rod-fasteners (12). The rod sections areconnected to each other with the rod-fasteners (12) to form a loop. Eachrod-fastener (12) is mounted between the ends (111, 112) of differentrod sections form the resilient rod (11 a) into a loop.

The carrying straps (22) are attached securely and respectively to thesides close to the top of the bag body (21).

When the internal compartment is closed, the resilient rod (11, 11 a) isdeformed and curved along the paths of the attachment loops (13, 13 a)on the bag body (21) and stretches the bag body (21) so the bag body(21) maintains a standing shape. When the fastener on the top opening ofthe internal compartment of the bag body (21) is opened, the resilientrod (11, 11 a) respectively extending through the attachment loops (13,13 a) on the side extend outward and hold the top opening to theinternal compartment open.

With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, a second embodiment of the bag with aresilient frame is a golf bag (50). The golf bag (50) has a bag body(51), a resilient frame (10) and a carrying strap (52).

The bag body has a front (512), a back, two opposite sides (511), anopen top (513), a bottom, two side internal compartments, multipleauxiliary pockets (517, 518) and multiple attachment loops (13).

The side internal compartments are formed respectively inside the sides(511) of the bag body (51), and each side internal compartment has aside opening and a fastener. The side opening is formed between thefront (512) and one of the sides (511) of the bag body (51) and has twoedges. The fasteners are side zippers (514) mounted respectively on theedges of the side openings.

The auxiliary pockets (517, 518) are formed respectively on the sides(511) close to the back of the bag body (51).

The attachment loops (13) are attached to the bag body (51) around theback and sides (511) close to the open top (513) of the bag body (51),down the sides (511) adjacent to the front (512) and around the sides(511) and the back near the bottom. With further reference to FIG. 4,the attachment loops (13, 13 a) may have a tubular structure of pliableand soft material with a central hole or be implemented with straps andgrommets or snaps to form a central hole.

The resilient frame (10) is mounted on the bag body (51) through thecentral holes of the attachment loops (13, 13 a). The resilient frame(10) of the second embodiment has a structure the same as the firstembodiment.

The carrying strap (52) is attached to the back of the bag body (51).

When the side internal compartments are closed, the resilient rod (11,11 a) in the attachment loops (13, 13 a) expands the bag body (21) sothe bag body (51) maintains a standing shape. When either or both of theside internal compartments are opened, the resilient rod (11, 11 a)extends outward from the front of the bag body (51) and holds the sideopenings of the side internal compartments open.

Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the presentinvention have been set forth in the foregoing description, togetherwith details of the structure and function of the invention, thedisclosure is illustrative only. Changes may be made in detail,especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts withinthe principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by thebroad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims areexpressed.

1. A bag with a resilient frame comprising a bag body having an outsidesurface; at least one internal compartment formed inside the bag bodyand each one of the at least one internal compartment having an openingand a fastener; and multiple attachment loops attached to the bodyoutside the opening of the internal compartment; a resilient framehaving at least one rod-fastener; and a resilient rod passing around thebody and through the attachment loops and having at least one rodsection connected to the at least one rod-fastener to form a loop; andat least one carrying strap attached to the bag body.
 2. The bag with aresilient frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the bag is a utility bagand the bag body further has a bottom, a top, two sides and two endsattached to the bottom, the sides and the top of the bag body; theopening of the internal compartment is a top opening formed on the topof the bag body between the two ends and has two edges; the fastener isattached to the two edges of the top opening; the attachment loops areattached respectively to the ends and the sides of the bag body, whereinthe attachment loops attached respectively to the sides of the bag bodyare in an arch that has two ends near the bottom respectively near theends and a peak between the ends near the top of the bag body; and theattachment loops attached respectively to the two ends are close to thebottom of the bag body; and two carrying strap are attached securely andrespectively to the sides close to the top of the bag body.
 3. The bagwith a resilient frame as claimed in claim 2, wherein the resilient rodhas two rod sections and two rod-fasteners that connect the rod sectionsto each other to form a loop.
 4. The bag with a resilient frame asclaimed in claim 3, wherein the attachment loops have a tubularstructure made of pliable and soft material.
 5. The bag with a resilientframe as claimed in claim 3, wherein the attachment loops areimplemented with straps and grommets.
 6. The bag with a resilient frameas claimed in claim 1, wherein: the bag is a golf bag and the bag bodyfurther has a front, a back, two opposite sides, an open top, a bottomand multiple auxiliary pockets and a quantity of the internalcompartment is two, wherein the internal compartments are side internalcompartments; the side internal compartment are formed respectivelyinside the sides of the bag body; the opening of each side internalcompartment is a side opening formed on one of the side of the bag bodyand has two edges; the fastener of each side internal compartment isattached to the two edges of the side opening; the attachment loops areattached to the bag body around the back and sides close to the open topof the bag body, down the sides adjacent to the front and around thesides and the back near the bottom; and the carrying strap is attachedto the back of the bag body.
 7. The bag with a resilient frame asclaimed in claim 6, wherein the resilient rod has two rod sections tworod-fasteners that connect the rod sections to each other to form aloop.
 8. The bag with a resilient frame as claimed in claim 7, whereinthe attachment loops have a tubular structure made of pliable and softmaterial.
 9. The bag with a resilient frame as claimed in claim 7,wherein the attachment loops are implemented with straps and grommets.